Plant System Integration Specialist, Ford Energy

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford Energy is a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Fords century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology Ford Energy designs manufactures and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy

At Ford Energy you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry-leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses Ford vehicle discounts and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the worlds most iconic brands.

In this position...

This hands-on role sits at the intersection of application development plant-floor systems integration and data engineering. The specialist will design and build new software applications and tools that solve operational problems on the plant floor. Examples include custom tracking and scheduling tools workflow apps and purpose-built dashboards. The specialist will also contribute to the initial setup of connections between production equipment and the Manufacturing Execution Systems.

You will own problems end-to-end. That means gathering requirements from plant stakeholders designing and building the solution and deploying and supporting it in line with Ford Production System (FPS) standards. You will work closely with Team Managers Supervisors Digital Champions data analysts and application developers to find gaps where no tool exists and build the solution.

We value curiosity and the ability to learn quickly. You dont need to have used every tool listed. You do need to show that you can pick up new technologies and deliver working results with them.

What youll do...

• Partner with team leaders and plant stakeholders to identify needs and design build test deploy and support digital applications and workflows.
• Select appropriate platforms and approaches balancing build-versus-buy low-code and custom development options.
• Align digital solutions with FPS priorities and support adoption through training documentation and deployment planning.
• Connect applications to plant and enterprise systems including MES IIoT ERP SCADA and PLCs.
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines APIs and semantic models that make production data consistent and accessible.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools that support real-time SQDCMEP decisions and data traceability.
• Maintain data quality master data metadata and documentation; troubleshoot system connectivity and production-record issues.
• Administer SharePoint and automate workflows using low-code/no-code tools where appropriate.
• Ensure solutions follow cybersecurity and IT/OT security standards.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions and collaborate across teams to pilot and scale digital improvements.
  

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in electrical automation or computer engineering; computer science; or a related fieldor equivalent education and experience.
• 35 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience designing and building software applications or tools from the ground up including ownership of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience gathering requirements from business or operational stakeholders and translating them into working software.
• Hands-on experience with a cloud platform; Google Cloud Platform preferred with AWS or Azure experience also welcome.

Even better youll have...

• Experience with manufacturing systems and plant-floor technologies including MES SCADA PLCs and related communication protocols.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with experience working with structured data and data modeling.
• Experience building APIs with REST or GraphQL and frameworks such as FastAPI Flask or with cloud data services especially GCP tools such as BigQuery Cloud Storage Cloud
• Functions Dataflow Pub/Sub and Composer/Airflow.
• Experience building semantic or metrics layers using tools such as dbt Looker/LookML or .
• Experience developing internal applications with React Vue or similaror prototyping with low-code/no-code tools such as Power Apps or Retool.
• Familiarity with data catalog or metadata tools BI platforms and Industry 4.0 concepts.
• Experience building or scaling a new system at a manufacturing site preferably in automotive manufacturing or connected-vehicle data.
• Experience training plant teams or supporting change management during technology rollouts.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and apply them to deliver results.
  
  

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work-life that works for you including:
Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99100-$166200.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on the candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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